Whenever a filmmaker stands in front of a screen at their film festival Q&A and says “Filmmaking is war,” I can’t help but see the ghosts of a thousand soldiers and napalmed civilians surrounding him, shaking their spectral heads in scorn. Sure, filmmaking isn’t easy. But “war?” Far from it. It’s a struggle, sure, but…
News that a certain beloved book is being adapted into a movie or even worse, a blockbuster, is concomitantly met with both joy and dismay by the same category of people – the fans. Simply put, with a few exceptions, a movie adaptation will almost always disappoint die-hard fans. This happens because some unspoken elements…
There is no doubt that filming at height allows you to create beautiful shots that would be impossible to get with your feet on the ground, but it also comes with an element of danger. You could fall, or you could drop something and it hits a person below. In some cases, you might get…
This is a blatant post about why we want you to use the new short film funding platform called The Film Fund to get around industry gatekeepers. It’s also a pretty dope write-up, so read on if you’re interested in the film industry and getting your flicks made. You’re probably not J.J. Abrams, or Steven Spielberg, or Quentin…
The film industry is filled with inspirational moments that changed millions of mindsets throughout our planet. However, today we’ll focus on the main 5 movies that succeeded to alter the methods of shooting movies. Let’s see which these are and where lies the source of their power to turn things around. 1. 2001: A Space…
Citizen Kane.”> Deep focus mise en scene from Citizen Kane. When it comes to a making a movie, the arrangement of a scene has a huge impact on the audience’s perspective. If the audience is intended to feel a particular emotion, or notice a particular detail, mise en scene visually does the work. Without putting proper…
Aspiring screenwriters are often told that all their characters sound the same. The grandma sounds the same as the teenager. The professor sounds the same as the stripper, etc. The advice generally given to remedy this problem is to: “Give each character a unique voice, speech patterns, inflections, and vocab,” and / or, “Give each…
Screenplays are the all-important bedrock for any movie. Great filmmakers may be able to make improvements on the script during production, but it is difficult to overcome a weak foundation. Scripts, like all types of writing, are rarely, if ever, perfect on their first go, however. This is where rewrites come in. Ideally, scripts will emerge…
There is a long history of literary writers crossing over into screenwriting, whether it be to adapt their own work, create something new, or adapt the work of others. Some of them have made this transition with great success, and have been able to translate their written voice into a visual medium. Many others, however, this transition…
Ok, so it’s ‘branded content’ for Kessler Cranes, but garnered a few laughs here as it isn’t actually far off the mark.
